Lesser Caucasus

proper noun

the second of the two main mountain ranges of Caucasus mountains, which runs parallel to the Greater Caucasus and limits the Armenian Highland from the North and North-East.

Similar
Caucasus Minor
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Meanings

proper nounLesser Caucasus pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlythe second of the two main mountain ranges of Caucasus mountains, which runs parallel to the Greater Caucasus and limits the Armenian Highland from the North and North-East.

    Synonyms: Caucasus Minor

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounthe second of the two main mountain ranges of Caucasus mountains, which runs parallel to the Greater Caucasus and limits the Armenian Highland from the North and North-East.

Similar
Caucasus Minor
Also see
caucasus minor

Translations

French Petit Caucase
  • Petit Caucasemountain range
German Kleiner Kaukasus
  • Kleiner Kaukasusmountain range
Italian Caucaso Minore
  • Caucaso Minoremountain range
Polish Mały Kaukaz
  • Mały Kaukazmountain range
Russian Ма́лый Кавка́з
  • Ма́лый Кавка́з (Mályj Kavkáz)mountain range
Cite this entry
APA

Lesser Caucasus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lesser%20Caucasus

MLA

“Lesser Caucasus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lesser%20Caucasus. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lesser Caucasus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lesser%20Caucasus.

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